Thursday, December 11, 2008

Today, December 11, is my birthday (YAY!!!), and what better way to celebrate than to be lavished with gifts! Not me...YOU!

In honor of my special day, I'm giving away a special prize pack to one person. The pack includes: one orange cozy cowl neck scarflette, Mimi the recycled sweater Christmas mouse, and two handmade snowman note cards. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment by noon on Sunday December 14th telling me your favorite birthday or favorite birthday gift or both! It's that easy. Then, check back on Monday December 15th to see if you've won. See...it's easy!

Wait...one chance to win isn't that fun, let's go for more! Ok, win five extra entries if you blog about this contest...and use any photos you like (be sure to leave your blog address so I can come visit where you live). Win ten extra entries if you add a link to a flickr photo (or other photo) of you doing anything birthday related. And win 50...yes 50!!! extra entries if you submit a video of you...your child...your family...your dog...whoever...singing Happy Birthday. Ah...now that feels like more fun!

Happy Birthday To you! My favortie birthday memory so far was the first year (this year) my daughter was able to sing "Happy Birftay" to me. Birthdays are not really my thing(although for others I go all out) but this one took the cake for me!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mr. WT's birthday is 10/11, so 11 is a special number to us--good for you! One of my fondest birthday memories is when I came home from work and Mr. WT had baked and decorated a cake for me--complete with a Willie Nelson guitar on it!Have a wonderful day!Peace, "Willietattoos"

Lolly says happy birthday. My favorite birthday story is my now husbands 22 birthday. I surprised him with a guitar that year. It's the only time I've ever been able to keep my mouth shut about his present goodness and boy was he excited!

Happy Birthday to you!My favorite birthday was when I was 13--many years ago. I received a pearl ring from my parents and it had diamonds on the sides! I thought I was the most special person. I wear that ring to this day.

My best birthday gift ever was when I turned 25, and my boyfriend (now husband) took me to an outdoor concert in Vermont. After the concert the whole sky started shimmering with Northern Lights, emerald green and violet. I had never seen them before and haven't since. It felt like the night was celebrating my birthday, too.

Lolly sent me along to say...Happy, Happy Birthday to you today! Peace & Love for the coming year. :) My fave birthday gift was the Ballerina Barbie I received for my 5th. I wanted her so bad and it was just magical to unwrap that package & find my special wish inside! Kelly

Oh Happy Birthday to you! LollyChops sent me over to wish you a happy birthday. I hope it's a great one.

My favorite birthday was this year. My grandma died when I was a little girl. My mom recently found a pillow top that she had made and never finished. My mom finished it for me and gave it to me for my birthday. It's something I will treasure forever.

Happy Birthday!!! Lolly Chops sent me over, and she said I had to win so I could give her the orange scarflette! She offered to clean my house for a YEAR! (That is what "anything" meant, right LC? LOL!) I hope you have a great birthday!!! Have fun!

Happy Birthday! Lolly sent me...and I'm glad she did...good blog!My favorite would have to be finding out I was pregant...although it was a few days after it's a day i'll never forget! I hope you have a great day!

Go Carrie, it's your birthday! My favorite birthday is when I 'accidently' got two ice cream cakes for my birthday. A little mix up in communications cause one fabulous ice cream feast. We got to taste test Carvel against Dairy Queen. Dairy Queen won hands down, but they were both really good!

hi! happy birthday to you. it´s also my birthday today and my special gift is, that i found so many birthday twins today in ravelry today - also you. i hope, we have a nice day "together".andrea from germany

I'm here via Lollypants, and wanted to wish you the *{best}* birthday yet!

Love this giveaway and your blog!

You asked about my favorite birthday gift?? My bday is Aug 13... and my fiance J was extra original this year and did the 13 days of "Anne"... needless to say the words "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" are also 13 letters... so each day the gifts coincided with the letters of HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. :) It was cute and original and definately one I will never forget!

My favorite would have to be my 30th—I got engaged just before, was granted a leave of absence for two weeks over the date, and went on a totally spontaneous trip to Italy with two girlfriends, driving around Tuscany in a convertible!

Happy Birthday! How fun to host a giveaway on your special day. I will have to do that. Diggin' the orange scarflette.

Hmm...special birthday? Do I get disqualified if I honestly can't think of anything? How awful is that? Although, if you ask me, no perfect birthday is complete without some sushi dinner, so that would be my pick.

My favorite memory is of a red velvet cake my mom made for me when I was 16. She worked really hard to get everything together for it. The amount of red fod coloring you needed for the cake was hard to find at the time.

Lollychops hired me to come over and sing you Happy Birthday...alas I am not so slick with the video camera, youtube upload thing, so you're just going to have to imagine the fabulous gorilla costume I am currently wearing as I hum you a little "Happy Birthday" love....

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! AND FROM LOLLY! OH I LOVE ORANGE AND WOULD LOVE TO WIN, MY FAVORITE BIRTHDAY WAS THE YEAR MY FIRST DAUGHTER WAS OLD ENOUGH TO SING HAPPY BIRFHDAY DEAR MOMMIEEEE --- I LOVE MY KIDS, AND HAVE NEVER GROWN UP, I GUESS I'M A PETUNIA PAN!

My favorite b-day was when my boyfriend (at the time) rented a limo to take me out and about for the night. The clock started as soon as a passenger got in, so he couldn't afford to ride up to Seattle to pick me up from work. Instead, he made a video tape of him having a conversation with me so it was ready to play when I got into the limo. We picked up my family and got a pizza and drove around Tacoma for the evening. Lots of fun.

Hope you have a lot of wonderful birthday memories this year and the year ahead!

I like every birthday because my family and friends race to see who can call me first. My mom has this tradition of calling and saying, "Happy birthday baby. Today is your special day. A day filled with fun and surprises." I taught that to some friends, so now everyone rushes to be the first caller of the day. 2 years ago my massage therapist was the first one, calling me at 5am (which was okay with me - I was already up since I was racing a triathlon that day).

So cute! Hope your birthday is as good as my birthmonth! That's right in my family we all celebrate the whole month! And they are all my favorite. I found you through Ms. LollyChops and might sign her up to be my bestest friend.

Just saw Lollychops over at her blog and was told to tell you "hi" from her! hope you have a great birthday! Love the idea of giving away goodies for your birthday that is so COOL!!! Might have to keep that in mind for my birthday next month!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Lolly sent me to wish you a GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Love your work! So cute and creative! And what a wonderful way to celebrate your special day!My favorite birthday...all of them! I love to celebrate my birthday!!!

Lolly also sent me your way to shout out a Happy Bday! Love your blog and the giveaway. U R sweet to do this for the birthday.

Well my fav bday present was about 5 years ago when my daughter and hubby picked out a kitten for me. They were being really quiet, then I heard the meowing from the laundry room and it was love at first sight!

Oh, how we love birthdays at our house! We just celebrated our daughter's 4th and have the sweetest video of her singing with us (but it's unedited and over 45 min long...still want to see it??). My most favorite birthday gift ever was a puppy for my sweet sixteen. He was the best companion. Thanks for offering a fun drawing to brighten my week!

I found your giveaway over at LollyChops website, and even though I absolutely ADORE it, I would give her the scarflette because I love her site, and she directed me to you!

my favorite birthday is actually going to be coming up here soon. I have never had a big birthday, and always have so much fun when I go to my husband's family's birthdays. there is always so much good food, so many people, and a pinata ...which I have never had. My husband and his cousins have planned a birthday for my 24th which will include lots of friends, family, food, and TWO pinatas!!! I cant wait... I am so excited!

I hope you had an absolutely amazing birthday full of lots of surprises and fun moments!

Great contest! Lollychops sent me on over. My favorite birthday was my twins first birthday this past August! Even though their first year was a blur at times, I think I enjoyed every minute of it!Happy birthday!

Well my husband is having his birthday on the 13th, and I baked him a surprise cake today. I don't usually bake, and I'm a novice at baking stuff and you know what, I failed. So I went down to the nearest supermarket and grabbed a Haagen Dazs ice cream cake. That's a wonderful memory of a birthday cake turned into a disaster and a mental note to self that baking is for professional.

You can see the cake here on flickr>http://flickr.com/photos/babalisme/3101532705/

And I also spread your birthday joy on my blog. here>http://babalisme.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday! That mouse is too cute! I'd have to say my favorite birthday gift was when I was sick and working on my birthday and my brother and his girlfriend brought me a bouquet of flowers and some tea. Too sweet.

My favorite birthday was my 16th. I had a "Hippie" Themed party and invited my closest friends to come enjoy the evening with me. My parents surprised me with a DJ which provided so much dancing fun for me and my friends and it was first time my Dad and I danced to our "Father-Daughter" song "I Hope You Dance" by Leann Womack. 5 years later, we danced to that same song at my wedding. :)

First time to visit you blog - Lolly sent me. I love it and have added it to my reader. Love the scarflette! My favorite birthday is my last birthday when my kids decorated my cake. I've never seen so many sprinkles used on one cake in my life!

my favorite birthday gift is when my husband makes me feel special on my birthday. he doesn't have to buy me anything just a simple card and a thoughtful dinner or comment will do to make me feel loved on my special day!

My favorite birthday gift was a plane ticket to New Zealand. I was leaving in early February to spend a semester abroad, and this is possibly the best gift ever given to me - I think about that place all the time! If you ever have the chance - GO THERE!

Happy Birthday Weekend!Lollychops wanted me to tell you that she is saying the same thing.

(A loooong entry - sorry, but it needs explaning.)My best birthday present was the year I had gotten out of hospital a few months previously. (It had been a nasty car accident which left me brain injured, and recovering from multiple broken bones.)I was not able to do much of anything - no physical activities because of all the newly knitted bones, and my mental capabilities were severely curtailed due to short term memory loss. (After I had re-learned how to read, I could read a novel three times - or more - before I remembered that I had already read it.)

But luckily I still remember getting into the car with my sister and her young'uns. She had coached and trained them (aged 4, 3 and 2 at the time) to sing "Happy Birthday" to me.I still remember those warbly, young voices - unsure of the exact words or the exact tune - but relying on each other with side-ways glances. And how proud of themselves when they finished.

Happy birthday!! My favorite birthday by far was one I celebrated at Buca di Beppo in DC with a large group of friends. It's always nice to be surrounded by good friends on your special day - hope you had just that!

My favorite gift was my husband sending me flowers at work, taking me to a romantic dinner and giving me my wedding band that I'd been dying to have. It was a complete surprise and total shock but it was honestly the most simple fun birthday ever!

hi there. i just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. um as far as my favorite bday gifts of mine i have never had a good birthday or gotten anything ive wanted for my birthday...ever but i hope you have a happy birthday also. oh im going to blog about this also my blog is http://knithappens24.blogspot.com

hi therehere is a link to a picture of my son vincent wearing his birthday crown he is one tomorrow does this count as doing something birthday related?http://i492.photobucket.com/albums/rr289/morgaine524/e0c78c81.jpg

This is so awesome, Carrie. I'm getting my entry in by the hair of my chinny chin chin :)My FAVORITE birthday memory was when I turned 6 years old. My birthday is in February and we had an unusually warm day for my birthday party. The snow was melting quickly making big lakes in our driveway. My mom bundled us all up and we headed outside to play in the mess. We grabbed sleds and "sailed" from one snowy island to another. We played "Gilligan's Island" all day and were completely soaked by sundown. It was fabulous :)

What a fun giveawayHappy Birthday to you - even though its a little late!!My best birthday present was getting my first son out of Special Baby care and getting him home after 6 weeks - totally brilliant!